Low expression of collagen receptors in moderate and poorly differentiated colorectal adenocarcinomas.
Low expression of collagen receptors in moderate and poorly differentiated colorectal adenocarcinomas.
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DOI:
10.1038/bjc.1990.141
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发表时间:
1990-04
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Bodmer, W F
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作者:
Pignatelli, M;Smith, M E;Bodmer, W F
Collagens are major componentsof the extracellular matrix (ECM) and can influence polarity, proliferation and differentiation of epithelial cells (Reddi, 1984). Specific recep-tors for collagens and other ECM proteins have recently been identified on various normal and transformed cells (Hemler, 1988; Wayner and Carter, 1987). These receptors may mediate the effects of collagens on cell proliferation and differentiation by acting as transducers of signals between the collagen matrix andthe cytoskeleton (Bissell et al., 1982). We have recently shown that colon tumour cells in culture become unresponsive to the differentiating signals of collagen and acquire an uncontrolled pattern of growth, due in part to loss of a specific cell surface collagen receptor (Pignatelli & Bodmer, 1988). We now have preliminary evidence suggesting that the collagen receptor described belongs to the inte-grin family of ECM receptors which are axp heterodimeric transmembrane proteins divided into three subfamilies (PI, P2. and P3) based on the sharing of a common P chain (Hynes, 1987; Ruoslahti & Piershbacher, 1987). At least two integrin collagen receptors, VLA-2 (2011) and VLA-3 (03p), charac-terised by affinity chromatography and by inhibition of cell adhesion to collagen by specific monoclonal antibodies (Wayner &Carter, 1987), are normally expressed by epithelial cells (Wayner et al., 1988). Lack of these and other similar receptors could therefore be strongly selected for in tumour cells and their loss could constitute major steps towards an indifferentiated pattern of growth (Bodmer, 1988). Here we report data showing a progressive loss of the 13 chain and of the a2 and o3 chains of the two known integrin collagen receptors VLA-2 and VLA-3 respectively (Wayner & Carter, 1987; Wayner et al., 1988), associated with a loss of tumour differentiation in patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma. Cryostat sections from four adenomas, 24 colorectal adenocarcinomas and the adjacent macroscopically normal colonic mucosa (10 cm from the primary tumour) were stained by an indirect immunoperoxidase technique using the DH12, B1. 515 and E1. 56 mouse monoclonal antibodies. DH12 reacts with the human PI integrin chain in western blot, immunoprecipitation and immunohistochemistry (De Strooper et al., 1988, 1989) and was a generous gift of Dr Bart De Strooper (University of Leuven, Belgium). It was obtained as ascites fluid and used at 20 jg ml-'concentration in phosphate bufferedsaline (PBS). B1. 515 reacts with the a2 chain of human VLA-2 and E1. 56 with the a3 chain of human VLA-3 by immunoprecipitation and immunohisto-chemistry (Pischel et al., 1987, 1988). B1. 515 and E1. 56 monoclonal antibodies were a generous gift of Dr Ken Pischel (University of California, San Diego, USA). Both B1. 515 and E1. 56 were obtained in purified form, diluted with PBS and used at 20 g ml-'concentration. Cryostat sections (61im) were fixed in acetone for 10min and then washed in PBS. Sections were then incubated with 20 l of each monoclonal antibody for60min in a humidified chamber, washed three times in PBS and incubated for